Wow. Yesterday will definitely go down as one of the greatest days in my sports fandom history. I'm sitting there in the 7th/8th innings of both the Dodgers and Angels games, screaminig obsenities and shouting at my wife how ****** up it was that NEITHER of my teams was going to make the playoffs...
Then, RALLY TIME. Angels chip away and pull out another amazing comeback against the A's, at which point I tell the Mrs. "well, I did say I'd take the Angels over the Dodgers", so I'm one happy MF right then. Haven't won the division in almost 20 years (got in with the Wild Card a couple years ago).
So after reveling in the Angels celebrating for about 15 minutes, I finally switched back over to the Dodger game for good, to endure the last inning or so of pain. Well, I think you all saw what happened there. Unbelievable. Topped by Finley's walk off grand slam... Did I mention unbelievable? What a moment.
So we stunningly pulled off both division championships within 29 minutes of eachother. I'm one happy man. Exhausted too, from switching back and forth between channels between practically every single pitch of both games. Sheesh! But getting the Dodgers AND the Angels in the playoffs in the same season for the first time EVER was well worth the worn out thumb muscle!
But what's odd, is that I won't feel like the Dodgers victory is really complete until the Giants are completely eliminated from the playoffs. Seeing them (and Bonds) left out is almost as good as us getting in. So today's game is still pretty damned important in that respect. It'd be the icing on the cake if we could knock them out of the playoff picture today. At least the Astros have Clemens pitching today, so that should definitely help them get the W they need.
Woohoo! I want my Freeway World Series!!!